From: Chris <chris@...>
Date: 2002-04-03T02:53:22+09:00
Subject: Re: seeking to understand...

In article <5.1.0.14.2.20020402120326.029c6e80@zcard04k.ca.nortel.com>,
 Mark Probert <probertm@nortelnetworks.com> wrote:

> Can any on the list who are familiar with both Python and ruby comment
> on the last sentence of the above?  What made you take a "second glance"
> at ruby?

I started with Perl, and with a disdain for anything OO.  Then I saw the 
light when a friend coaxed me into giving Python a try and it made the 
world of object-oriented programming more accessible and friendly.  

Ruby goes even further in that direction by making extending classes and 
objects tremendously simple.  I've helped a few friends wrap their minds 
around object-oriented programming(the local community colleges use C++ 
for that purpose and the results are not pretty).  I started with 
Python, and that was good, but the concept was still mired in the 
details of implementing it.  Ruby eliminated that obstacle, allowing me 
to completely separate explanation of theory from the practical 
application of it.